Happy September

Fall is just around the corner. I am looking forward to good apples a plenty. I want to make some yummy apple treats and a really good chocolate cake.
My main goal for September is to get out of the funk I am in. For that I think it is add more tunes to my MP3 player. I think I need to put in the earphones at work and drowned out all the crazy wicked people I work with.
That, and eat chocolate cake.

It's Official...

I bomb at blogging. So today you get a short story about my friends sister. Sue's sister, Barb, 
came to visit for a week. She decided to help Sue with the housework. She loves her swiffer and bought on for Sue. Sue hated the swiffer. So when she was ready to leave she decided to take the swiffer home on the plane. Frank took the swiffer apart and Barb tried to put it in her suitcase. The handle was to long and would not fit. She said suppose I could use it as cane and take it on the plane.
So Frank found a rubber piece in garage and put on the end of the handle. Voila, a cane. When Barb got to TSA at Sky Harbor she asked if she would be able to take her cane through security. No problem they had her send it through the scanner. Then off to the plane. Still no problems. She boarded the plane and stored her "cane" it the over head compartment. When they got to Chicago they had to change plane. When they were leaving Barb almost forgot her cane and had to go back. Has she was leaving the plane the flight attendant said, "Did you get a job cleaning the airport". I guess she recognized the green handle. Barb busted up laughing and said, "It pays really well".

It's been a while.

Well it took me longer than I had hoped to get back to my blog. Life has been busy. Lori can to visit for a week and we had such a nice time. But I am horrible at taking pictures. So not much to show for it. While she was here they blessed Jeremy. I got is blessing outfit finished in the nick of time. Sewing clothes is not my favorite thing to do. I'm always happy when I'm finished. But find excuse after excuse to keep from sewing. Here is Jeremy's little suit.

 

It is much cuter when the little man is in it.

Lori is coming back in March. I will try to be better at getting pictures. I would love to get pictures of all the grand kids together. That will be quite a feat if I can pull it off.

On other fronts, I finished my last January block of the month square. I think the star blocks will be a lot of fun.

I also finished the top of my 2012 BOM quilt. Next up, backing fabric and quilting. I'm hoping to have it finished before the end of March. I'll keep you posted.

I finally started the playroom. Ron and I bought a room divider with baskets at Costco. We started with just one. I'm going to look at for a while and decide if I want to get a second one. 

                                      

We put it in front of the window. The baskets have places for labels, so I will be putting pictures of what goes in the basket. So far I have one for cars, and one for blocks. It is still a work in progress.

                     

I'm hoping this will help the kids get things back where they belong. If not I'll have to have Benjamin spend the night. He is so much like his Dad that I know he will get things back where they belong.

I was released as Nursery Leader last Sunday. I am now an Achievement Day leader. Our primary is small so I have all the girls 8-12. It is only 8 girls. It should be fun. Well that's it for now. Next time more pictures of Grand kids. 

Week-end Update

My 3 day week-end didn't turn out quite like I had planned. It turned into a 4 day week-end when I came home sick Thursday afternoon. I got home around 2:15 and stayed in bed until Saturday morning. I did catch  up on some taped TV shows, and had great soup that my sweet Kristi brought over. Saturday was just kind of a lay around the house day. Watched some TV. Watched Ron work in the garage. It was nice to be out of bed. 

So today I caught up on some of my BOM projects. I finished my Sugarblock January BOM. It is much brighter in person. I think it will be a fun little quilt when I am finished.

I decided to scrap the Owl Family Tree BOM. Just decided it wasn't for my. Don't worry, I found something to take it's place. This from Craftsy, it is called the Scrap Happy Sampler BOM. I didn't buy anything for this block. It uses 12 strips 1 1/2 by 14 inches. So I just pulled out the scrap draw in my sewing room, and found 12 fun strips. I had to cut them to size, most were 2 in strips. This block took most of the morning, but I love how it turned out. Can't wait to see the rest of the blocks from this series.

I still have on more BOM for January. It is from the Craftsy Lucky Stars BOM Club. I ordered some fun fabric from Connecting Threads. They should be here this week. So maybe I'll get all the January blocks done by the end of the month.

 Lori, Justin and Jeremy will be here on Saturday. Then I will start on Jeremy's blessing outfit. I want to make sure it is long enough in the body. He one long skinny boy. I am excited to see them.

A little progress

It was a busy first week back at work. But I still managed to get a few things done on my quilting goals. I got the blocks assembled on the 2012 BOM quilt. I couldn't find the fabric I wanted for the outside border. So I ordered a Blue with stars. Hopefully it will be here this week. If so I'll finish the top this week-end. It's getting close.

I got one of the 2013 BOM January blocks finished. I found some fun black with print colors in my fabric stash. So the black prints will be the basic fabric for the Quilt Doodle 2013 BOM quilt. The first block is called "Monkey Wrench".

With a 3 day week-end coming up I hope to make some real progress. Wish me luck.

So far so good

Well it hasn't been a week and I am posting again. That's a good start for the "blog more often" challenge. So how am I doing on the other challenges. Here is my update.

Today I had breakfast with Randi Sue. Mom was busy and couldn't join us. We met at Mimi's and had good food and a great visit. I found out her work schedule so maybe we can get together on a more regular basis.

Got the fabric for the 2013 Sugarblock BOM. Can you tell I like polka dots?

Working on the 2012 BOM quilt. Got the sashing all done. Now working on the 9 patch blocks so I can join the sashing.

Thought I should change the name of my blog to Kathy's Crazy Quilt Obsession. I found quite a few BOM I want to do in 2013.

I am doing the Sugarblock Club BOM. It is by Amy Gibson, the same lady that did the Craftys 2012 BOM. It cost $8.00 for the year. If you are interested here a link http://www.stitcherydickorydock.com/sugar-block-club/

I also found several on Craftsy that I am thinking about. They have a 2013 BOM class. You can see the finished quilt. Not sure I want to make this one. But I did sign up for the free class. http://www.craftsy.com/class/craftsy-block-of-the-month-2013/183. You can give it a look.

Also on Craftsy are 2 other free BOM. http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/quilting/home-decor/january2013bom/40232 , This one is a family tree. Looks kind of fun.
http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/quilting/home-decor/january-bom-2013/40260. This one will be a surprise every month. I signed up for both since they are free.

I am also looking into on that is $10.00 for the year. It is all star blocks and has me intrigued. http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/quilting/home-decor/lucky-stars-block-of-the-month-club/39705.

 So am I biting off more than I can chew? Probably. That's why the blogs should be called "Kathy's Crazy Quilt Obsession".

And just because Randi Sue asked for it. Here is a Christmas Eve picture of my Grand kids in the robes I made. Sorry for the poor quality. My camera was having issues.

New Year Challenge

I'm not going to call it a resolution. No one keeps resolutions. So instead I am creating a new year challenge for myself. Things I would like to accomplish in 2013. In no particular order.

Blog on a more regular basis.

Finish 2012 BOM quilt.

Get fabric for the "Sugar Block Club" 2013 BOM quilt.

Make the nativity advents for my children.

Spend more time with family. (Children, grandchildren, Mom, Sisters)

Get baby Tolman's quilt finished before April.

Get to the Temple more often

Make Jeremy and Baby Tolman's blessing outfits.

Get the playroom finished. Okay start the playroom.

Fill free to join me. Together we might get a few things done.